Clinical feature	Statistical test	Significant genes	Associated with	               	Associated with	
AGE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=5	higher stage	N=3	lower stage	N=2
PATHOLOGY N STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY M STAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
GENDER	Wilcoxon test	N=0	 	 	 	 
KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE SCORE	Spearman correlation test	N=5	higher score	N=4	lower score	N=1
NUMBERPACKYEARSSMOKED	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
RACE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
ETHNICITY	Wilcoxon test	N=0